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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries in foreign fields. Featured image: First team of Presbyterian Church in the U.S. missionaries in Korea, November 1892.

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Title:
Edna Heminger's correspondence, 1922-1923.
Description:
Correspondence of Edna Heminger (Mrs. L.D. Heminger), a missionary to Cameroon. Primarily between Heminger and the Acting Secretary for Africa, W. Reginald Wheeler, regarding her decision to return to the mission field.
Creator:
Heminger, Edna Michaels. (author), Wheeler, W. Reginald (William Reginald), 1889-1963. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission., Heminger, Edna Michael., Wheeler, W. Reginald (William Reginald), 1889-1963.
Topics:
Missionaries--Cameroon., Women missionaries--Cameroon.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Wooster (Ohio), Cameroon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:169260
Title:
Arthur L. Carson's papers regarding Walter O. McIntire.
Description:
Arthur L. Carson's papers regarding Walter O. McIntire, a faculty member of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines.
Creator:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895- (author), Cressey, Paul F. (author)
Subject names:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895---Archives., Silliman University--History., McIntire, Walter O., Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), Cressey, Paul F.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Philippines--Dumaguete., College presidents--Philippines--Dumaguete., College teachers--Philippines--Dumaguete.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Norton (Mass.), Dumaguete (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161132
Title:
Arthur L. Carson correspondence with David S. Hibbard, 1958-1961.
Description:
Correspondence primarily with David S. Hibbard, the first president of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Also includes biographical items related to Hibbard, including newspaper clippings.
Creator:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895- (author), Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966. (addressee)
Subject names:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895---Archives., Silliman University--History., Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966., Hibbard, Laura.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Philippines--Dumaguete., College presidents--Philippines--Dumaguete.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Pasadena (Calif.), Dumaguete (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161068
Title:
Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations' correspondence to Aimee Millican.
Description:
Board of Foreign Missions' Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations' correspondence to Aimee Millican. It includes a 1942 letter from Department of Missionary Personal Secretary Herrick B. Young and a 1964 letter from Assistant Treasurer Edgar B. B. Matthews.
Creator:
Young, Herrick B. (author), Matthews, Edgar B. B. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Women missionaries--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--China.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136783
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1943 to 1944.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1943 to 1944, during which Aimee Millican was in the United States on furlough.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wash.), Oakland (Calif.), Berkeley (Calif.), Spokane (Wash.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134493
Title:
Board of Foreign Missions General Letters, 1949.
Description:
Board of Foreign Missions general letters addressing the political climate of Communist China and its relationship to its current and future missionaries, 1949.
Creator:
Ruland, Lloyd S. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Communism--China.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124441
Title:
Board of Foreign Missions General Letter, December 1949.
Description:
Foreign Missions and Overseas Interchurch Service. The Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Board General Letter No. 107. December 20, 1949.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124432
Title:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence from the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Board of Foreign Missions, 1948 to 1950.
Description:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence from the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Board of Foreign Missions, 1948 to 1950. It documents the Board of Foreign Missions' approval of Edith Millican's extended furlough from her China Mission after her application for a Junior Residency in Obstetrics at the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia was accepted.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author), Dodd, Edward M. (Edward Mills), 1887-1967. (author), Ruland, Lloyd S. (author), Ruland, Dora. (author), Hess, Catherine B. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Womens Medical College of Philadelphia.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124416
Title:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence from Embudo Presbyterian Hospital and the Board of Foreign Missions, 1950 to 1951.
Description:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence from Embudo Presbyterian Hospital and the Board of Foreign Missions, 1950 to 1951. It documents her resignation from her missionary service in China and her transfer from the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia to a residency at Embudo Presbyterian Hospital.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author), Gladfelter, Katharine E. (author), Ruland, Lloyd S. (author), Bowen, Sarah. (author), Goddard, Florence M. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Womens Medical College of Philadelphia., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), New York (N.Y.), Embudo (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124387
Title:
Correspondence regarding Aimee and Frank Millican's transfer to the Board of Foreign Missions, 1916 to 1917.
Description:
Correspondence regarding Aimee and Frank Millican's transfer from the Free Methodist Church China Mission to PCUSA's China Mission, 1916 to 1917.
Creator:
Foster, William T. (author), Hogue, Wilson T. (author), Scott, George Tressler, 1881-1978. (author), Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Free Methodist Church of North America. General Missionary Board.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Boston (Mass.), Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:119561
Title:
Letter from W. E. B. DuBois to Rev. William P. Schell, 1928.
Description:
Letter from W. E. B. DuBois to Rev. William P. Schell, Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. of America, August 16, 1928, inquiring for CRISIS magazine into the policy of the church on sending African Americans to Africa as missionaries, and for certain relevant statistics.
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. (author)
Subject names:
Schell, William Peter, 1878-1968., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
African American missionaries., Missionaries--Africa.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112905

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